Compliance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Four Principles

Four principles guide the distribution and use of  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds:

Spend funds quickly to save and create jobs     Read how

Improve student achievements through school improvements and reform (ARRA is intended to support the following education reforms):

• Improve teacher effectiveness and ensure that all schools have highly qualified teachers     Read how
• Make progress toward rigorous college and career-ready standards and high-quality assessments that are valid and reliable for all students, including English language learners and students with disabilities    Read how
• Show achievement in low-performing schools as well as intensive support and effective interventions in those schools    Read how
• Gather information on student progress, teacher performance and college and career-readiness through enhanced data systems    Read how

Ensure transparency, reporting and accountability    Read how

Invest one-time ARRA funds thoughtfully to minimize the “funding cliff”    Read how

Four Assurances

Four assurances that will help determine who will receive funding through “Race to the Top” and the “What Works and Innovation Fund” have been issued:

Rigorous Standards and High Quality Assessment    Read how

Data Systems that Track Progress and Foster Rapid Continuous Improvement    Read how

Making Improvements in Teacher Effectiveness—Particularly for Those Who Work with Students Who Are Most in Need    Read how

Effective Intervention for the Lowest Performing Schools    Read how

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Invest one-time ARRA funds thoughtfully to minimize the “funding cliff”

Stimulus funding can employ and train sufficient tutors to serve the backlog of targeted students in a school or district. The extra tutoring staff required to address the backlog of struggling readers would no longer be needed when the funding expires. By then the district would need to maintain only sufficient tutors to serve students new to the school and a trainer to train replacements for staff who quit or retire. Employees who were in the school prior to the stimulus-funded hires would fill these on-going staff positions.

No other reading program can deliver such quick gains. Measured by student gains Read Right is the most cost effective reading program available. Quick success releases struggling readers back into the pool of general study. The money a school district earns with the prevention of dropouts can offset its project costs within a few years. The state’s investment in its students yields its return as Read Right empowers students to become community members who are not limited by illiteracy or by the lack of cognitive strategies for reaching healthy outcomes. Thus, while Read Right is a short-term investment, its results are rapid and sustainable.